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enq: IV - contention

Short Description

Enqueue wait. Invalidation of library cache object across RAC instances.

Additional Information​

An enqueue is a wait for a resource held by another.

Invalidation of library cache object across RAC instances. Library Cache objects include SQL and PL/SQL package, procedure and function source statements, parsing and cursor information for statements and execution plans for statements.

How to reduce this wait​

There are references to a bug 21418655 at versions below 18.1 in this article by Jonathan Lewis and further reading on My Oracle Sypport (MOS).

Doc ID 2028503.1 12c RAC DDL Performance Issue: High “enq: IV – contention” etc if CPU Count is Different

Doc ID 2301046.1 “Enq: IV – Contention”, summary invalidations, and summary management compile

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